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Subject: Re: Bug-free fail soft must pass return_type

Author: rasjid chan

Date: 12:27:10 06/21/05

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Dieter,

Some of the things here by Vasic and you are actually advanced stuff for me
and I am not yet at the level to completely handle them yet. Just like Vasic's
mention of being optimal.., I need time to consider those subtleties, but I keep
things in mind that there are such things to be alert to when it's time.

I can sense both of you did more formal reading but I get most tips here after
I come about 2 years back.

Just as an example of the big gap in my knowledge.I was fixing my rep3 code
after being reminded by Vasic about the correct 0 score and I got stuck; it
seems not that simple! So after thinking, I found it could be the graph tree
interaction stuff of Breuker you refer to. It may be wrong! :-

  This is for the sake of rep3 theoretical accuracy.

  updatehash();//for the node B after makemove() below
  if (rep3()){
    best = 0;
    .....
    // let this node B repeats A down below.
  }

  makemove();

  Say rep3 is triggered. Then all nodes searched after B will inherit
  dependency until we leave A. Had B being reached through another path w/o A
  below  we don't have the best = 0. So basically subsequent sub-branch searched
  will be corrupt until we leave node A. I may be wrong as I just thought of it
  an hour ago.

  I will make copy of my ab_search_w/o_storehash() to disable all hashing(not
  probehash) until search leaves node A. I think just return ply of A from
  rep3().

  Don't laugh at what I am going to do. I am only experimenting, not weighing
  efficiency yet.

  Vasic,
  Incidentally, just to let you know. BU fail-soft could pass inconsistencies
  from QS to horizon depth/pre-horizon depth when we have QS generate check. I
  remember I need always to gen-check for 1st ply of QS and maybe also 2nd ply.
  The move set of QS changes. Also a need to keep 1 bit _qs_gen_check in HT.
  You'll know what I mean.

  Best Regards
  Rasjid




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